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News&Notes / BY: Jay Draper July/August 2013
... for a balanced budget, at the end of 2012 the BCMA had a $2.9 million surplus. He explained that this level of surplus ... the Audit and Finance Committee. Nominees, who each gave a 2-minute speech, were Ms Michelle Chiu (a medi­cal student ...
Obituaries / BY: J.E. Albrecht, MD July/August 2013
... to independence as a First Nations teacher. Over the next 2 decades Al and Betty would provide a significant ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Sophia Wong, MD, FRCPC September 2013
... that of cystic fibrosis and congenital hypothyroidism[ 1 , 2 ]—so often not recognized, leaving many affected ... mean age of 37 years.[ 27 ]  The participation rate of 98.2%[ 27 ] is particularly noteworthy, and reflects a positive ... Lipid Clinic Network criteria ( Table 1  and  Table 2 ).[ 33 , 34 ] The associated sensitivity and specificity ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Elizabeth Bryce, MD, FRCPC, September 2013
... significant im­provements in hand hygiene over the past 2 years, but also that physicians lag behind other health ... than before contact with patients (Figures  1  and  2 ).[ 2 ] In 2012 and again in 2013, two surveys were conducted in ...
Editorials / BY: David B. Chapman, MBChB September 2013
... when over the intercom I heard the call: “Code Red, Ward 2, Code Red, Ward 2.”  To me this meant a patient having a cardiac arrest (I ... Instead of finding a patient in extremis, I ran into Ward 2 to find a fire drill in progress. The patient in the bed ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Brian Winsby, MD September 2013
... (projected cost savings of about $85 million annually).[ 2 ] To address these issues, the General Practice Services ...
Letters / BY: Keith J. White, MD September 2013
... with the Shared Care Transitions in Care Initiative (Phase 2). Any physicians who would like further information about ...
News September 2013
... give him the opportunity to advance to med school after 2 years in the Faculty of Arts and Science and obtain his MD ...
News September 2013
... clinical reports to copied physicians went from 7 days to 2 days, and the time for finalized clinical reports to be ...
News / BY: Jennifer J. Telford, MD, MPH, FRCPC, CAGF, FACG September 2013
... precancerous polyps so that they can be removed.[ 2 , 3 ]  Colorectal cancer screening is recommended for ...